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Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes various activities under Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 from 31st October to 06th November, 2022
•“Bhrashtachar Mukt Bharat – Viksit Bharat” and “Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation” were the main themes
•Ministry of Women and Child Development has implemented 100% use of e-Office to encourage transparency
•All the procurement is done through GeM Portal by the Ministry.
•Essay writing and poster making competitions organized
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been in the forefront of actively working towards prevention of corruption. In the move towards inculcating the true spirit of preventive vigilance and to encourage transparency of all records and all work, the Ministry has implemented 100% use of e-Office. Also, all the procurement done by the Ministry is through GeM Portal.
Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes Essay writing and poster making competitionsunder Vigilance Awareness Week 2022
Further, to sensitize the Government officials about the need for transparency and integrity, the Ministry organized activities in observation of Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 from 31.10.2022 to 06.11.2022 on the theme “Bhrashtachar Mukt Bharat – Viksit Bharat”, “Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation”. The Ministry carried out the following activities during the week:-
- The Week commenced with the Online Integrity Pledge, taken by all employees of the Ministry on 31.10.2022.
- Banners were displayed at different places in Ministry’s premises in ShastriBhawan as well as in JeevanVihar and Jeevan Tara Buildings.
- Instructions issued by CVC were forwarded to all associated organizations of the Ministry requesting them to organisedifferent outreach and awareness programmes during the week.
- A circular regarding Do’s and Don’ts to be practiced in the office  was circulated amongst all the sections of the Ministry.
- Essay writing and poster making competitions were organised on 02.11.2022.
Prime Minister's Office
PM flags off Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project
PM takes a ride in Ahmedabad Metro
The Prime Minister flagged off the Ahmedabad Metro Rail project and took a metro ride from Kalupur station to Doordarshan Kendra metro station today.
On the second day of his Gujarat visit, the Prime Minister waved the green flag for the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project. The Prime Minister arrived at Kalupur Station after taking a ride in the brand new Vande Bharat Express 2.0 from Gandhinagar Station. The Prime Minister also witnessed a Metro Rail exhibition that was put up on the occasion.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel, Governor of Gujarat, Shri Acharya Devvrat, and Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri.
During the ride in the Metro, the Prime Minister travelled with students, sportspersons and common commuters. He interacted with them. Many of them took his autograph.
The Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project is a monumental boost to multimodal infrastructure connectivity. Phase-I of the Ahmedabad Metro project comprises about 32 km of the East-West corridor from Apparel Park to Thaltej and the North-South corridor between Motera to Gyaspur. The Thaltej-Vastral route in the East-West corridor has 17 stations. This corridor also has a 6.6 km underground section with four stations. The 19 km North-South corridor that connects Gyaspur to Motera Stadium has 15 stations. The entire Phase 1 project is built at a cost of more than ₹12,900 crores.
Ahmedabad Metro is a massive state of art infrastructure project involving underground tunnels, viaducts & bridges, elevated and underground station buildings, ballastless rail tracks and driverless train operation compliant rolling stock etc. The metro train set is equipped with an energy-efficient propulsion system which can save about 30-35% of energy consumption. The train has a state of art suspension system providing a very smooth riding experience to passengers.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rate of conversion of the Foreign Currencies relating to Imported and Export Goods notified
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the notification of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs No.55/2019-CUSTOMS , dated 1st August, 2019 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 15thAugust, 2019, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
SCHEDULE-I
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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Australian Dollar
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49.35
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47.15
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Bahraini Dinar
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194.45
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182.40
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Canadian Dollar
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54.65
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52.70
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Chinese Yuan
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10.25
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9.95
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Danish Kroner
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10.80
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10.45
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EURO
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80.80
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77.80
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Hong Kong Dollar
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9.20
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8.90
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Kuwaiti Dinar
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241.05
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226.05
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New Zealand Dollar
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47.15
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45.00
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Norwegian Kroner
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8.15
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7.85
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11.
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Pound Sterling
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87.20
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84.05
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Qatari Riyal
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20.05
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18.80
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13.
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Saudi Arabian Riyal
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19.55
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18.35
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Singapore Dollar
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52.15
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50.40
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South African Rand
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4.85
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4.55
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Swedish Kroner
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7.55
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7.30
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17.
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Swiss Franc
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74.20
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71.30
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18.
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Turkish Lira
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13.10
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12.30
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19.
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UAE Dirham
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19.95
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18.70
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20.
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US Dollar
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71.85
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70.15
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Japanese Yen
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68.05
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65.50
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Korean Won
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6.05
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5.65
Ministry of Culture
Reopening of its facilities for public, BITM inaugurated a 20 ft Giant Magic Tap at Lawn on World Science Day
Kolkata, November 10, 2020
Birla Industrial Technological Museum  under Union Ministry of Culture’s National Council of Science Museums reopened with the gala inauguration of a 20 ft Giant Magic Tap installed at the museum’s lawn on November 10, 2020, the day which coincides with both World Science Day and International Science Centre & Science Museum Day. COVID-19 pandemic led to closure of all the museums including BITM. This museum had been closed to the public since March 15, 2020. In line with the Ministry of Culture’s mandate to reopen all museums, art galleries and exhibitions, BITM reopened on November 10, 2020 with strict compliance to the Ministry’s SOP for containing the spread of the pandemic, with the following preventive measures:
> Online Ticketing facility
>Compulsory temperature-screening of all visitors upon entry
>Mandatory use of face covers/masks at all times
>Foot-operated hand-sanitizer dispensing facility
>Provision for disposable gloves
>Sanitization of all Museum facilities on regular basis
>Touch-free exhibit operation in galleries
>Social-distancing compliant floor and seat markings
>Touch-free water taps in restrooms
>Periodical public announcements for maintaining precautionary measures
The Giant 20 ft Magic Tap was inaugurated by the Director of BITM Sri V.S. Ramachandran. This is a floating tap fountain, hovering above a pool, with endless supply of water gushing out of it, seemingly from nowhere. The visitors have to answer logically that where is the water coming from ?
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
8th National Conference on Economics of Competition Law tomorrow in National Capital
The Competition Commission of India  is organising the 8th edition of the National Conference on Economics of Competition Law here tomorrow. The Conference is being organised every year since 2016 by the CCI.
Dr. V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has consented to deliver the Keynote Address in the Inaugural Session.
The Conference has a plenary session and two technical sessions. The Plenary at this year's Conference is on the topic ‘ANTITRUST AND REGULATION: INTERFACES AND SYNERGIES’.
Dr Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Legal, is the moderator of the plenary session scheduled later in the day. The two technical sessions shall be chaired by Dr. M.S. Sahoo, Distinguished Professor, NLU Delhi, and Dr. Aditya Bhattacharjea, Former Senior Professor, Delhi School of Economics.
The Conference is an endeavour to develop and sustain interest in the Economics of Competition Law and create a critical mass of antitrust economists. It brings together scholars, practitioners, academicians and experts working in the area of economics of competition law. Knowledge sharing and discussions at the conference go beyond case specific sessions and provide the economic basis for the enforcement of the Act.
The objectives of the conference are:-
- to stimulate research and debate on contemporary issues in the field of economics of competition law,
- to develop a better understanding of competition issues relevant to the Indian context and
- to draw inferences for enforcement of competition law in India.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Shipping Minister takes stock of preparedness for Cyclone Jawad with Port stakeholders
Ministry monitoring situation closely
Urges all to stay alert and prepared
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed preparedness to deal with the situation likely to arise due to Cyclone Jawad with Port Chairmen and stakeholders of coastal areas of various states via VC in New Delhi.
The Union Minister said that the Ministry is closely monitoring the developing situation and urged all to stay alert and prepared in the wake of Cyclone Jawad.
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has taken measures to secure all shipping vessels and has deployed emergency vessels. The states have also been asked to alert the industrial establishments such as Chemical & Petrochemical units near the coast.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya visits Vaccine manufacturing plant in Ahmedabad today
Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers and Ports, Shipping & Waterways  Shri Mansukh Mandaviya today visited Zydus Biotech Park at Ahmedabad.
The Minister said on Twitter that Zydus Cadila is the developer of the 'ZyCov-D' which will be world's first DNA-based Covid-19 vaccine.
Shri Mandaviya also visited Hester Biosciences Limited today. He informed via Twitter that Hester has inked an MoU with Bharat Biotech for production of Covaxin.
The Minister commended their efforts and assured them of all Government assistance for ramping up vaccine production to ensure free vaccination for all.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Ministry approves Rs 2.5 Lakh assistance to former Asian Games gold medallist Joseph James
The Ministry of Youth Affairs &Sports  has approved an amount of Rs 2,50,000 for international Powerlifting coach Joseph James under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s National Welfare for the Sportspersons. This financial assistance comes under the jointly collaborated initiative from the Sports Authority of India, Indian Olympic Association and the MYAS to support ex-international athletes and coaches amid ongoing Covid-19.
Winner of the Asian Games gold medal in 2006 and a gold at the Asian Powerlifting Championship in 2008, Joseph James developed serious breathing issues on April 24 after contracting Covid19 a few days back. His oxygen levels were low and the family had to admit him at the Vivekananda Hospital in Hyderabad on an urgent basis. He was in ICU for 7-8 days and was discharged on May 5. He is stable now and is under home quarantine.
Thanking the Ministry, SAI and IOA for extending the timely financial help, Alica Joe, daughter of Joseph James, mentioned, “One of the members from the Telangana Olympic Association and the IOA, Mr Mahesh Sagar informed us about the initiative. He gave me the details to fill in and he followed up with the respective authorities.
“It’s really great help from the Ministry at this time when even it is difficult to get support from our families and friends. I am obliged that the Sports Authority of India has remembered us when we were in need,” she added.
KJ Yadav, General Secretary, Telangana Olympic Association, also thanked SAI, MYAS and the IOA. “On behalf of the entire Telangana Olympic Association and the entire Sports Community of Telangana State, I am very much grateful to Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports, Sports Authority of India and Indian Olympic Association for extending the financial assistance to Mr. Joseph to meet his medical expenses. Thank you for supporting the sportspersons in these difficult times.”
Ministry of Railways
Varanasi Cantt Railway Station awarded ‘Eat Right Station’ with a 5-star rating certification by FSSAI
The ‘Eat Right Station’ certification is awarded by FSSAI to railway stations that set benchmarks in providing safe and wholesome food to passengers
The 5-star rating indicates full compliance by the station to ensure safe and hygienic food is available to passengers
Indian Railways’ Varanasi Cantt Railway Station has been awarded a 5- star 'Eat Right Station' certification for providing high-quality, nutritious food to passengers. This certification is granted by FSSAI to railway stations adhering to standard food storage and hygiene practices. The 'Eat Right Station' certification is awarded by FSSAI to railway stations that set benchmarks in providing safe and wholesome food to passengers. The station is awarded a certificate upon a conclusion of an FSSAI-empanelled third-party audit agency with ratings from 1 to 5. The 5-star rating indicates full compliance by the station to ensure safe and hygienic food is available to passengers.
The certification is part of the 'Eat Right India' movement- a large-scale effort by FSSAI to transform the country's food system to ensure safe, healthy and sustainable food for all Indians. Eat Right India adopts a judicious mix of regulatory, capacity building, collaborative, and empowerment approaches to ensure that our food is suitable both for the people and the planet.
The other railway stations with Star certification include Anand Vihar Terminal Railway Station ; Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus ; Mumbai Central Railway Station, ; Vadodara Railway Station, Chandigarh Railway Station and Bhopal Railway Station.
Link for Previous release:
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1875176
Ministry of Power
NTPC Green Energy Limited  inks pact with Indian Oil Corporation Limited  for setting up renewable energy projects
NTPC has set a targe of 60 GW of renewable generation over the next decade
NGEL, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with IOCL for setting up of renewable energy projects to meet Round the Clock power requirement of IOCL Refineries.
The JV Agreement was signed by Mr. Kausik Basu, ED , IOCL and Mr. V. V. Sivakumar, GM, NGEL in the presence of Mr. Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC Limited and Mr. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, Chairman, IOCL.
NTPC Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NGEL, has set an ambitious target of building a renewable generation portfolio of 60 GW over the next decade to aggressively pursue its green energy business.
The signing of this Joint Venture Agreement between the two Maharatna behemoths will enable NTPC Limited and Indian Oil to meet the Government of India's Clean Energy Targets in their respective core businesses.
Mr. D. K. Patel, Director , NTPC Limited, Mr. U.K. Bhattacharya, Director , NTPC Limited, Mr. Jaikumar Srinivasan, Director , NTPC Limited, Ms. Sukla Mistry, Director , IOCL and other senior officials from NGEL, NTPC REL, and IOCL were present on the occasion.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
India to host the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics in New Delhi
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar to inaugurate the event and Bill Gates to be the Chief Guest
The 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics  will be organized by the Ministry of Agriculture in New Delhi from 18th to 21st November 2019. Addressing the media here today, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra DG ICAR & Secretary DARE informed that the conference will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Chief Guest will be Bill Gates. The conference will be organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, ISI-CAS, FAO, the USDA, ADB, World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Eurostat, AfDB and various other organizations. The theme of this year’s ICAS is ‘Statistics for Transformation of Agriculture to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ’.
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra said that it is for the first time that such an important conference in the field of agriculture statistics is happening in the country and this will be a learning opportunity for the statisticians, young scientists and decision makers in India to adopt modern practises in agriculture such as Big Data analysis, AI, precision farming etc. He added that the conference is held with an aim to address various challenges faced in producing data to report on the SDGs and various leading research and also to deliberate and finalize the best practises in the field of agriculture statistics.
The Director General said that the Conference will see participation of more than 600 delegates of which 200 delegates will be from 108 countries. There will be 5 plenary sessions and 44 technical sessions. Dr. Mohapatra added that ample discussions are not happening in the field of statistics in the country today even if a large amount of data is available. He further emphasized that this available data should be utilised effectively in agriculture sector with help of modern methods and practises taking inputs from the conference.
Speaking at the briefing, Dr. Michael Steiner World Bank representative & International Statistical Institute-CAS chair said that ICAS is a series of conferences that started in 1998 based on overarching need for agricultural data worldwide. The conference is conducted every three years based on overarching need for agricultural data worldwide and the last conference was held in Rome in 2016. He added that the agenda for this conference covers domains of food and agricultural statistics, related methodologies, technologies and processes.
President's Secretariat
President of India graces birth centenary celebrations of Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav in Kanpur
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind graced and addressed the birth centenary celebrations of Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav in Kanpur today .
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the life of Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav is worthy of emulation for the posterity. He was a perfect example of simplicity and an inspiration for public service. He strove to bring happiness in the lives of the people particularly those living on the margins and the farmers. From the Gram Sabha to the Rajya Sabha, his views about agriculture were heard very seriously by policy makers.
The President said that the doors of Harmohan Singh Ji’s house were always open for all. In the year 1984, he set an excellent example of communal harmony when he saved a large number of lives from a violent mob. In the year 1991, he received Shaurya Chakra for his exceptional gallantry and fearlessness.
The President noted that with Harmohan Singh Ji’s efforts, many educational institutions were established to give fillip to the educational awareness in this area. He understood that education is the basis of progress of every family and society. And education is the best tool to improve the lives of people and make society and country better, he used to say, the President recalled going down the memory lane.
The President said that Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav is being celebrated all over the country to mark the 75 years of our independence. During this two-year long Mahotsav, we will remember the contribution of unsung heroes of the freedom struggle who had laid down their lives. Remembering freedom fighters Ajijan Bai, Mainavati, Jaidev Kapoor, Shiv Varma, Bijay Kumar Sinha and Dr. Gaya Prasad on the occasion, the President said that India could get independence due to the important contribution of many such freedom fighters. Therefore, it is the duty of all of us to bring information about the contribution of such anonymous freedom fighters to the public.
The President said that the future of any nation is guided by the experience of the past and enriched by its heritage. We all should actively participate in building a strong, successful, developed and prosperous India. Every hand of our country should rise together for the progress of the country.
Please click here to see the President's speech in Hindi.
Ministry of Railways
New Restructured Railway Board to focus on providing better services to its customers : Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board
No Indian Railway officer shall be at disadvantage in this new restructured service, Indian Railway Management Service
Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman Railway Board has said restructuring of Railway Board was a long pending reform suggested by many reform committees constituted on Railways. The reforms as suggested by various committees from time to time including Prakash Tandon Committee  have been largely adopted. Addressing media persons, Shri Yadav said that the idea of restructuring the Railway Board is to provide cohesiveness and consequently better services to passengers and freight customers. In the new restructured Railway Board, there will be one CRB/CEO and four members on functional basis Member Infrastructure, Member Rolling Stock & Traction, Member Operation & Business Development and Member Finance. Independent Members will be inducted in Railway Board as non-executive Members who will be in advisory role. They will not be involved in day-to-day functioning of Railways. The modalities of restructuring the Railway Board will be decided by alternative mechanism. Exact number of non-executive Members will be decided by Government. The idea to unify all eight services of Indian Railways into one service namely Indian Railways Management Service is to break the departmentalism and make officers work in cohesion for the development of Railways.
Shri Yadav said that officers of Indian Railways only will be considered for CEO post and no outsider will be posted as CEO. Secondly career growth of Indian Railways officers is assured. No officer of Indian Railways shall be at disadvantage in this new restructured service. He also added that offering apex level to the General Managers is a step to empower them for a better coordination with State authorities to take decisions swiftly and independently. This will enable Railway Board to concentrate on policy framing, strategic planning and coordination of Zonal Railways.
Shri Yadav said that the priority of Indian Railways is to improve infrastructure and remove the bottlenecks. Indian Railway is aiming to run trains at 160 kmph on Kolkata-Delhi and Delhi-Mumbai corridor. We are hopeful that 3000 route kilometres of dedicated freight corridor will be completed by 2021. In next 10 years, Indian Railways will have independent dedicated freight corridor on all freight routes. Indian Railways aims to run trains on demand and redevelop stations under PPP mode.
In last five years, Railways investment has increased 3 to 4 times and projects have been prioritized into supercritical and critical to speed up upgradation of infrastructure. Railways has set a high growth target and to achieve this nimble and cohesive decision-making is the foremost requirement.